Weekly Price Guide–22 Jan 2016

F355 models (all models)

Average = $178,047.50

Change = +$7,150.83

 

360 (all models)

Average = $143,750.40

Change = –$5,040.00

 

F430 (all models)

Average = $235,561.80

Change = $0

 

458 Italia

Average = $403,789.80

Change = –$5,293.70

 

Value = (Avg price / cars)

458 Italia = $ 40,378.98

F355 = $ 29,674.58

F430 = $ 15.704.12

360 = $ 7,565.81

20 years ago today

Maybe Sergeant Pepper did teach the band to play but January 2, 1996 was when my F355 was first delivered to its initial owner from the factory. That makes the car 20 years old today! Happy Birthday F355.

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It’s been with me now for over 3 years and it will hopefully be many more. Without doubt it is still one of the best cars ever made I reckon. Looks great, performs well, drives well to name but a few of its characteristics. Those attributes are beginning to be more highly appreciated as the car enters ‘classic’ status, which is also accompanied with a rise in value.

So how do you celebrate a F355 birthday? You take it for a spin obviously! All the rego and the annual service has been taken care of for another 12 months which is always a relief. Sal from Racing Red also changed the plugs for me as I felt it was getting a bit ‘stuttery’ at low speeds. The few drives I’ve been out since then seem to indicate that this has rectified the issues.

So what’s in store for 2016? At the moment I have two major projects when it comes to supercars. The first is starting the hunt for Ferrari #2 and the second is a little bit secret until it gets confirmed in early January.

Now don’t think that I can go and throw the cash down on Ferrari #2 but you gotta start somewhere right? I never thought I’d ever own even one Ferrari, but hey, I kinda made that happen so aiming for number two is simply the next peak to climb. I have no plans to sell the F355, but one Ferrari is never enough right? Well, that’s what I tell myself to justify things.

Initially, putting the cost of the vehicle aside the current debate that rags in my head is whether a 458 or a 488. Normally aspirated versus turbo charged. Newer versus older. Hmmmm, some tough choices here. I’ll post some more thoughts up about the pros and cons of each and the practicalities for ownership of either. That should keep the posts coming for years!

Now, secret project #2 I don’t want to say too much about until it’s all confirmed but let’s just say it hopefully involves a long plane flight followed by some driving on the wrong side of the road. Look out for more updates here soon.

I admit that I’ve neglected this blog a little in 2015. That’s because the F355 has been performing so well but now I can share my thinking in regards to project #1 so there should be more regular content here very soon, so stay tuned.

Happy birthday F355 and many more.

The three year anniversary

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Indications would seem to be that this relationship is starting to get serious now that it has passed its third year! As the special date rolls around again, of when it all started, it’s time to stop and reflect on the magic (good and bad) that has transpired in 12 months.

To be totally up to date you should read my musing from previous years here:

One Year Anniversary

Two Year Anniversary

They tell me that the third anniversary is supposed to be leather, so let’s crack on with it!

Costs

Every three or so years the belts on the F355 need to be replaced. This means that the engine has to come out. Yes, that’s right the whole engine has to be removed from the car to do this. The reason is that the belts are next to firewall just behind the seats and the only way to service them is to drop the engine out.

Unsurprisingly, the car has been engineered to do this. So at the car’s annual maintenance it was time to drop the engine out and change those belts, amongst other things. You can read and see the full details here:

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I also took the opportunity, whilst the engine was out, to have the shock absorbers re-conditioned as they were starting to leak. I knew this at purchase but had been delaying doing them until now.

My road usage of the F355 increased to almost 9,000 kms travelled in 12 months! That is about a 20% increase over the past year. My odometer is fast approaching 55,000 kms travelled in total. The road usage of the F335 is fast approaching that of my daily drive as I use public transport when I need to these days as much as I can, so the road usage of both cars is pretty much on par.

Obviously the engine out and the reconditioned shocks are a major expense (more than $5,500 alone) but an important part of the car’s maintenance regime. The cost of the engine out should be spread over the three year life of the belts to be fair, however it certainly made a big dent in the budget this year and escalated maintenance costs way above the daily drive.

However, if you remove this once off cost then the maintenance was only a little more expensive than the daily drive.

The other killer expense is always insurance which continues its slow march north like all insurance. Again, that is an expected cost and in line with expectations.

The totals costs for the year where up to over $12,000 which is about a 40% increase over last year but that main reason for that is the engine out service, otherwise they would have been similar to last year.

Travel

The car has now done about 22,000 kilometres since purchase, completing almost 9,000 this year alone which is about a 20% increase over last year. That averages out to about 170 kilometres per week versus 142 last year.

This year’s learning’s

1. As always, a car like this is only as good and enjoyable as the person who maintains it. For that, there no one better than Sal DiMauro from Racing Red. He was good enough to let me hang around and watch while my engine was taken out and maintained. Best of all, he put it all back together and made it better! Without doubt, the best investment I undertake for the car is to take it Sal. I recommended plenty of frustrated Ferrari owners do the same this year to get their problems sorted. Those that followed my advice, like me, are very, very happy.

2. Some things on these cars are not made with great practicality applied. Case in point, the ashtray. I wrote about it here:

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and spent the better part of the year buying a new one, breaking that, putting the original back, fixing the old one, breaking it again, pulling out the original, fixing it using metal reinforcing and finally putting it back. Phew.

Why the hell they made it so flimsy I’ll never know but best point is that it is now sorted and better than it was before. There is always a solution, just might take a while to get to it with these cars.

3. When fuel pump clicks out, that’s it, walk away. See below for the story.

Low Points

Only one major one to speak of and regular readers can probably guess where it transpired. Yes, at a petrol station. Here’s that tale.

I’d taken the F355 to the Bathurst 12 hour with a group of supercar friends. Being February the weather was scorching hot, and I mean really hot. Stupidly (as I am known to be regularly) i failed to protect myself against the blazing sun and managed to get badly burnt. Even the top of ears and back of my hands were smarting from sun damage.

Combine that with a lack of sleep due to a rabid snorer in our shared accommodation over the weekend and I was very much below par. On the return trip home (again in the blazing sun and now with massive sunburn to boot make it 200% worse) I pulled in to get fuel.

In my daily drive, you fill the car until the pump clicks. Then you top it up to the nearest full dollar. I agree it is rather OCD but I’ve always done it that way.

I repeated the same process withe the F355 but perhaps due to the heat, I overfilled the tank. That meant when I removed the nozzle from the car I could see fuel rising up and about to spill out. Damm. I therefore rushed to screw the cap on thinking that would contain the overflow.

After paying inside the establishment I returned to find a puddle of fuel underneath the car, below the filler cap. Turns out that there is an overflow tube at the top of the fuel hose, just near the cap. Thus, all the excess I had tried to force into the car by not stopping at the click was now in a puddle underneath the car.

My biggest concern was FIRE! given the heat of the day and my engine nearby. What to do? What to do? Trying to siphon fuel out wasn’t an option so the best plan seemed to be to ‘drive like I stole it’ to burn off the excess.

Of course, the ONE time you want the road to be clear and the lights to be green they are not. I had to wait to pull onto the road. Then I got caught at every set of lights from the service station to home. The stress didn’t help the sunburn either as I fully expected the car to burst into flames.

However, the good thing was that the car actually didn’t burst into flames or leave a fire trail from the service station, so I parked it with a new lesson learnt – when it clicks, walk away!

High Points

1. No matter what dramas transpire, it is still a joy to drive the F355. Each year there seems to be less and less dramas (although that could be me acclimatising I suppose).

2. Getting to do a lap of the Mount Panorama Circuit at Bathurst while I was at the Bathurst 12 hour with other supercar owners. Here’s the video.

The funny thing was that thanks to following someone who didn’t know the way, I ended up at the end of the pack. This meant the track was pretty empty when I finally entered. We’d been told that our lap was to be a parade lap which meant slow and steady driving. When I emerged onto the track I wasn’t sure whether the marshals were:

A. Waving at me to catch up with everyone else so they could get these cars off the track for the next event.

B. Waving at me to go slower because it was a parade lap or

C. Waving at me because I was driving a Ferrari and they are friendly country folk.

I decided that I’d go with option A unless advised otherwise. That allowed me to travel a ‘tad’ faster than parade speed around the circuit. Simply magic. Achievement unlocked.

3. I’ve been on so many drives and events with the Ferrari Club this year it has been great. Here is a small sample:

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Christmas in July

Werri Beach

Twilight Track event

but probably the highlight was attending the 488 launch which I posted about here:

The night of the prancing horse

Value

All of this is totally subjective but I think it is still a good indicator. Part of the rationale for purchasing the F355 specifically was the belief that it’s value would increase over time as it became a ‘future classic’. Not the main reason for purchase but certainly a justification for the capital investment. That capital investment requires maintenance (such as the belts being changed) to retain its resale value, like any capital investment.

So the numbers:

The average asking price for a F355 = $ 154,000

That is about a 20% increase since the same time last year. I reckon I could get more for mine if I decided to sell since it has more desirable features (colour, manual gearbox, Australian delivered, new belts, etc). Conservatively, I estimate my car’s value is now 40% above what I purchased it for. Again, I’m biased I agree, but I do try and apply some science to this.

Now if you divide the average price of recent models by the number of cars available for sale you get a rough ‘value index’ for each model as I have detailed previously. The results in order are:

1. F355 = $ 38,5000

2. 458 = $ 19,230.53

3. F430 = $ 13,152.13

4. 360 = $ 9,171.30

Once again the F355 comes out on top by a ratio of 2:1.

Summary

Owning a F355 is special and will always continue to be a ‘different’ experience from a daily drive. However, as our experience together grows we are settling into a relationship that is far more comfortable than it used to be in the early days.

This equates to their being far fewer low points and much greater enjoyment of the F355 and the Ferrari community in general. There is still nothing better than waking early on a Sunday, taking the roof off and going for a blast on an empty road and being back before most people have had their first coffee.

2016 looks like a big year in more ways the one which the potential for a huge bucket list item to get checked off. Mum’s the word until it is all confirmed, but you’ll certainly get the full details if you stay tuned here.

I thank all those who take the time to read my ramblings and I’ll try and be a bit more regular with these posts in the coming year. When you are out driving the F355 as much as I do now you just don’t seem to find the time to sit at a computer and type. However, I do appreciate readers of this blog and followers of my YouTube channel.

Roll on year four.

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The night of the Prancing Horse

The launch of the 488GTB in Sydney was held at Inglis Newmarket stables in Randwick. That meant a trek from the opposite side of the city but I was lucky enough to score a shotgun seat in a 458 driven by a kindly FCA Club member. Clearly, the best way to arrive at an official Ferrari event!

We arrived a tad late thanks to the shocking state of Sydney traffic, even at this time of night! (Does peak hour ever end in this place?). After alighting and being ‘checked in’ at the entrance we were greeted with a display of cars that lead to the inception of the 488.

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In the first layout was a 308, 328 and 348 just inside the entrance. It was also a nice to have a dressage horse and rider ‘sauntering’ and around the cars and guests.

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A walk through the stables, along a candle lit path ended us in front of a huge flood lit 488GTB sign. One kinda wonders what happens to this after the event? maybe it follows the car around to other locations? Who knows?

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To the immediate right we could see a further display of cars and the entrance to stable.

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Here we found a 360, 430 and 458 along with a 355. These cars belonged to club members and if you are wondering why my 355 didn’t make the grade it is because it is a GTS (detachable roof) not a GTB (i.e. Berlinetta). Unfortunately, given the detachable GTS roof has now been replaced by folding metal ones on the coupe, it seems my model may never get a guernsey at future events either. No worries, I like owning something unique, the last GTS Ferrari!

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Inside the stable was a crush of invited guests and other dignitaries, 300+ seemed to be the count. The front of the main hall was where all the action was clearly going to take place while off in the stalls on the sides where a number of displays and refreshment.

I managed to position myself towards the front but as you can see from the above video all I really managed to capture was everyone else holding up THEIR phone also trying to capture the 488’s entrance. Hopefully, you at least get an idea of what the atmosphere was like.

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After the car’s entrance the rest of the night was basically a throng of people oohing and aahing over the 488.

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As you can see the car was a gun metal grey, rather than the traditional rosso corsa. That was a tad disappointing as the car tended to get lost among the crowd also in generally attire.

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I also have to say that the way they lit the car didn’t help taking photos as the light seemed to bounce right into the lens as you can see from the above shot.

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As the crowds began to thin out I took the opportunity to hop behind the wheel and see what the pilot eye’s view was. Such a nice place to be, even with the engine not running.

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As you can see, the true enthusiasts (i.e. me) stayed until there was virtually no one left in order take some pictures of just the car.

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Only problem was those damm lights where still spoiling my shots! From here the car is packed off to its next destination to have more sweaty bottoms inside. Would you buy this demonstrator? Hmmm…certainly not in this colour.

The official video Ferrari made for the event (above) is very different feel from all the others so far which is interesting. A little more understated that some of the other launch videos.

All in all an interesting night and my first experience of a Ferrari ‘launch’. The theming and the venue were great, the lighting no so much and sadly, it would have been better if the car was the traditional red, but I still considered myself very lucky to have had the opportunity to attend.

We expect to see the first 488GTB in Australia come February or March 2016.

The 488GTB is coming to town

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The replacement for the current 458 will be the 488. It is due here in Australia in early 2016 but as you can see the exclusive preview is next week. Even better, I have an invite to attend!

This will be my first attendance at an ‘official’ Ferrari launch so I am really looking forward to it.

I have followed the other preview events around the world via YouTube.

The two listed here are my favourites, so I hope you enjoy them also. I’m sure there’ll be a video from the Australian preview as well but I’ll certainly be posting photos and videos from the night so don’t fear.

The interesting thing is that I read that the new 488 will be cheaper than the current 458 which doesn’t make sense. However, the rumour is that because Ferrari is about to list on the stock exchange that is aiming to increase its sales volume. Hopefully, I can find out the RRP of a 488 on the night and report back. However this article earlier in year indicates a price of around $540,000 mark without options.

So let’s have a look at some numbers here. The average price of a second hand 458 is now about AU$440,000 and the 430 it replaced is AU$240,000. The talk is whether the release of the 488 will cause the price of 458s to fall? Interesting to see, because the 458 would seem to be the last of the naturally aspirated mid-engined V8’s from Ferrari (the 488 is turbo charged). However, the 488 has all the knowledge of the 458 and the 458 Speciale plus some extra stuff on top. All the reviews I have seen conclude that the 488 is a noticeable improvement over the 458 (it is also quicker to 100 kmph and has 100+ more BHP!). That leads one to think that many 458 owners may in fact be considering a 488. If they are, then the price of a second hand 458 will indeed fall.

I’ll be keeping a close eye on what transpires and report the numbers back here. Another interesting measure of ‘value’ I have come up with is to divide the average cost of the car by the cars available currently. This means that even if one model is more expensive than another, if there are less actual cars for sale then it ‘should’ be more valuable! Convoluted maths I know and somewhat subjective but I think it works. So, here are the ‘values’ of each recent model:

458 = 27,450

430 = 19,987

360 = 5,206

and what pray tell is the ‘value’ of a 355? Unsurprisingly, well at least to me, it is currently over 1.5 times more ‘valuable’ than a 458 at 48,667! What can I say? Obviously a 355 is THE car to own!

A change of tyres

With all the driving I have been undertaking with car of late the condition of the rear tyres had started to get to the point where they needed to be replaced as the tread was quite worn. Not a huge issue but you could certainly notice the loss of traction in the wet in certain circumstances. Given the relentless ‘dampness’ here of late, replacing them was becoming more of a priority, especially with some upcoming trips I have planned.

The excuse to get the tyres changed arose recently when I was out on a run early one morning. While driving through temperatures close enough to zero degrees Celsius the car seemed to lack power and was crackling and popping out of the tail pipes somewhat. Luckily, once clear of the fog the car returned to normal performance.

Without hesitation I contacted Sal from Racing Red and he felt that it was that the fuel filters needed replacing. Given we had no record of them ever being changed he recommended they be replaced. Here was just the excuse I needed to get the car checked over, get a new set of rear tyres as well as a few other niggly problems resolved.

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As you can see, there are two fuel filters for a 2.7 Motronic F355 like mine, located towards the front of the engine (i.e. near the belts and the seats).

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The old part number is 186922 and the new one is 152212.

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They aren’t very expensive so it makes sense to have them changed.

Apart from the tyres (the same ones as I got previously) I also had the follow items completed:

– Inserted the repaired ashtray after breaking the replacement. This is a whole post on its own but what I managed to get done was to run two metal reinforcing strips down either side of the length of the original ashtray to ensure has much greater strength and should now never span again! More on that coming soon.

– Air conditioning seemed a bit weak but checked fine.

– Hissing sound coming from rear of engine on cool down a while back. Most likely cause was venting from fuel tank. Probably due to ambient heat.

– Exhaust bypass valve wasn’t working because, as it turns out, there was a split in one of the tubes running from vacuum tank at the rear.

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This prevented the tank holding a vacuum. Thus, there was no vacuum to open the bypass valve when required. Easily fixed.

Picked up the car the following week and drove it home through city traffic, in the wet. This was almost as much fun as driving to Racing Red in city traffic, in the rain with somewhat less grip and older rear tyres a week earlier! At least I have significantly more traction now.

Gotta say that the car feel stronger and a little more powerful, maybe because the exhaust bypass valve is working or it may simply be my imagination playing games to justify the repairs? Who knows? Who cares? All I know is the car ‘feels’ better and that is all that matters.

I am now ready for more winter adventures which I’ll update you on soon.

Riding shotgun

Been a bit quiet here recently, but that is a good thing as the F355 has been running well, taking many trips, consuming much petrol and providing endless enjoyment.

However, for recent change of pace I decided to leave the F355 behind on a recent Club run and see how many different cars I could manage to ride shotgun in.

The day started out with a ride in a California. Next was a 308 (Magnum PI style). Then I jumped into a 458 for the journey through the Royal National Park south. During that stage I captured the above video.

The car in front is a new McLaren 650S owned by a Club member. Spectacular stuff, through the forest, along the windy road in weather that was a little damp to say the least.

After pulling over to admire the view at Stanwell Tops I swapped to the McLaren for the ride to Bulli where we enjoyed a great lunch at Sublime Point.

I was returned to Sydney in the 308 (after it received a bit of an electricity ‘top up’ from another vehicle and their jumper leads.

All in all a great day of partaking as a passenger and being able to just sit back and enjoy the ride, through both the city and countryside. My choice for best ride? The 458 without hesitation. It is a magnificent car and all I can say now is – I want one!

Mirrors of the soul

To my way of thinking the condition of a car is a very good reflection on the mindset of the owner. The two parts of the car that are the greatest indicators of this are the interior and the rims.

Although this post is about rims I’ll diverge here for a moment to talk about the condition of a car’s interior. Many a time, when I have been interviewing a prospective employee I’ll finish the interview by walking them to their car. What I am interested in is the condition in which it is maintained. It doesn’t have to be spotless but if the interior is filled with fast food wrappers, paper, dirt, junk and so on it reflects in my mind that the owner has little respect for their property. Chances are, that respect will also not be forth coming when it comes to employment. Of course, this little observation is only part of evaluation of any employment candidate, but believe me, it is a very good indicator into the mindset of the individual in my experience.

Apart from the condition of the interior of a car to me the next most telling aspect of owner’s mindset is the condition of their rims. Many times while in traffic I find my gaze straying to inspecting the rims on the car next to me. I can’t tell you the number of times I simply cringe at what I see on all sorts of cars.

Many such rims have never ever been anywhere detergent, a sponge, wash mit or a brush. This immediately says to me that owner doesn’t care about their purchase. Sure, everyone is not a car enthusiast, but cars aren’t cheap, so keeping them in reason nick is a good idea? No? One would think that it helps with the trade-in or resale value? No?

The other problem with not regularly cleaning your rims is that the stuff that ends up on them is far harder to remove than normal road grim. This is because it is typically material from the brake pads and disc that is super hot when it initially attaches but when it cools down becomes very hard to shift. You should think of it much like allowing plaque to build up on your teeth.

If this build up continues, much like plaque, you get layers and layers of rock hard material that becomes virtually impossible to shift. Again, like plaque, you can’t see the damage that this is doing to your rims as it is being constantly caked on.

Long story short here, clean your rims regularly to remove all this this build up regularly. Of course you should always start with rinsing your rims down with water to remove any contaminates that you can. Of course, water alone is not going to shift much but it does provide lubrication for the next step which is using detergent.

Detergent is designed to loosen the contaminants from the surface and then the liquid in the mix floats those contaminants away. You can use a typical sponge or a stiff bristled brush to clean your rims but beware, you run the risk of scratching the surface if you use either.

I believe a better option is to use a lambs wool mit like you should on the rest of the car, however I would suggest that you should use a different one to any you clean your paintwork with. Why? Remember, brake pads and discs are made out of metal and small pieces end up on the rims, then in your lambs wool mit you clean it with. It can be very hard to full remove all these types of particles from your wash mit and even if they only scratch minutely, it will show up on the paintwork which is not what you want. So, if you can use totally different cleaning utensils (including buckets) when it comes to cleaning your rims, you should. I also like using a mit on the rims as it better allows you to get into all those nooks and crannies around the rim.

Another quick side note here. I once saw a Ferrari 458 (price around AU$500,000) at one of those cafe car washes. You know the places where you take your car, leave it to be washed by someone else while you have a cappuccino? Anyway, I saw the attendants cleaning the paintwork of the 458, then start cleaning the rims and then with the same sponge and bucket return to cleaning the paintwork. Noooooo…… Again, another very good reason not to take your pride and joy to a cafe car wash unless you want it covered with scratches and swirl marks!

So now you have washed your rims and they are clean? Yes? For most people, yes, the rims are clean. However for captain OCD here, there is more that can be done. if you want to go another step further you can purchase some Ferrous cleaner like so;

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which I obtained from Car Car Products. This stuff is a lot more aggressive than your standard detergent because it will dissolve iron fallout from your rims. So be careful using it as it contains generally strong chemicals to remove all that nasty brake dust.

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So here’s my nice clean rim after just detergent. However, if you spray the Ferrous cleaner on it and let it dwell, after a few minutes you rims will begin to look like:

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Those purple streaks are the Ferrous cleaner reacting with iron deposits on the rim and dissolving them.

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What I then do just prior to rinsing, is to agitate the whole area using a brush to ensure good coverage.

So even though my rims are pretty clean anyway, you can see that using the Ferrous cleaner pulls off even more contaminants.

If you wanted to go another step further in cleaning your rims then you would use a clay bar to pull any more contaminants out. If you wanted to be really thorough (and had plenty of time) you’d actually take the wheel off and clean both sides as well as the callipers.

Having done all this then your rims should be gleaming but the problem is now they are going to get embedded contaminants again really quickly. Why? Because you have stripped off all the protection from the rims and taken it back to its base. What you need to do as a find step is apply some protectant to the rims to resist the build up of baked on grim.

For this job, I turn again to Permanon which you simply dilute in water and spray onto the surface you want to protect. Permanon has a much higher melting point than brake dust so that means it won’t allow any super hot particles to now bond to your rims.

Once the rims have been give a liberal coating of Permanon I wipe them down with a micro fibre towel and provide a nice finish. This is one thing I love about Permanon, it is so easy to easy ANYWHERE!

So there you have it. Lots and lots of words about doing something simple like cleaning your rims, but as I said before, I truly believe that the cleanliness of your rims is a real reflection on your respect for the investment you have made in your vehicle. At the very least simply WASH then. If you are an extreme OCD hobbyist detailer like me, you’ll want to invest in some Ferrous cleaner, clay bar and remove the wheels completely from the car to clean them.

Unfortunately, after all this hard work the rims are what gets dirty the quickest but if you have taken my advice above, then at least the next time you clean then it will be much quicker and easier.

50,000 and still going

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After the next trip in the F355 it will have clocked over 50,000 kms. That means I’ve done about 17,000 of those since I bought it about two and half years ago. That equates to about 130 kms per week and in most cases, given that I only normally go for a drive once a week, that is per drive.

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As with all cars, there seems to be bias against those with higher kilometres, especially when it comes to supercars. However, one of the things that I learnt when I was on a Ferrari Drive day way back before I owned my car was that it is the service history that far more important than the kilometres travelled. In fact, supercars with low kilometres are more of a worry because they have not been used regularly enough. That leads to lots of problems with tubing, seals, and so on.

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Thus, of primary concern when you purchase any time of supercar, is to examine the service logs and ensure that it has been serviced by a reputable mechanic on a regular basis to the specifications of the manufacturer. In my case, this means doing things like having the engine out to change the belts.

So remember, if you are in the market for any car I would suggest these days, don’t worry so much about the kilometres travelled. Concern yourself with confirming the that the car has been serviced regularly and to the manufactures specifications. Also remember that supercars that don’t get driven much and sit in garage tend to have more problems than those that get drive regularly. To me a car that is driven often is generally more loved and cared for than one that sits in a garage. I know that applies to my F355!

Fun in the sun

One event that I am looking to attend now on a more regular basis is the supercar get together on the third Sunday of every month at Le Montage in Lilyfield.

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It runs from about 9am to 11am and is open to anyone to attend. There is coffee and breakfast and plenty of cars on display as you can see.

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It is really amazing the sheer variety of cars that attend, both old and new.

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Lamborghini

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and even US muscle

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So, if you are in the vicinity on the third Sunday of the month and you are a petrol-head it is well worth your while to drop by and see what is on display.

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You won’t be disappointed!